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when two people get married they should have to combine their last names together like its a ship name

#engie.txt #im right

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did anyone else not see these cute ass postcards from ms pauling from the tough break update until now or just me

#engie.txt #tf2 #ms pauling

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worst popular infinite headcanon?

oh my. this one got long so im going to spare peoples dashes by putting this under a cut haha

anyways my answer is: making him out to be a little crybaby who is driven purely by revenge and sadness to make the world pay for shadow killing his squad mates, whom he loved in a normal way and saw them as family or whatever. it makes his character so goddamn flat and boring bc thats such a standard villain motivation, and it entirely strips away a lot of his personality even when theres already so little to work with LMAO

i know ive spoken about it at length in the dog&hog server but to me, infinites most notable trait is that hes selfish

in the prequel comic rise of infinite (yay, prequel comic talk. everyones favourite, i know) he deliberately ignores any protests from his gang against accepting eggmans deal of working with him, because eggy singles him out and offers him a place at his side to bring his fantasy of ruin into reality. not infinite and his crew, just infinite

(image has two comic panels. in the first one, eggman is reaching a hand out to infinite as he says "now you are an interesting guy. i like you. how about i hire you to lead my forces? together we'll take over the world!" in the second panel, one of the jackal squad members says "boss! dont be tempted by him. we'll be fine!")

and infinite says yes after briefly talking about how he personally feels bored and tired of how the world is right now

(image has two panels. in the first, infinite is mumbling to himself, first laughing and then saying "interesting. all this time ive been going through the motions. ive actually grown quite tired of the world as it is." in the second panel he stands and says "lets do it doctor! i'll help you change this world!")

again, its a decision based off an entirely personal and individualistic opinion that only takes his own feelings into account. you would think that if he valued his squad to the extent that they were "like family" to him, he would have listened when they said he shouldnt make a deal with eggman. if he actually cared about them as much as he cared about himself, he would have trusted them enough to say no. instead he only thinks about what he wants and what he can get, not about what will happen to the others

ive always been of the opinion that infinite used his squad and position of authority as their leader to prop himself up and viewed them more like underlings or subjects that he could order around and be superior to, rather than equals whose opinions and input he valued. maybe he started out having more camaraderie with the other jackals, but it certainly doesnt show by the time we get to the events of the prequel comic, and even less so when we get to episode shadow/the main game

the idea that he saw his squad more like tools to make himself look better than people also makes more sense because when in episode shadow, eggman calls infinites squad "useless" directly to him and all infinite says is "yeah, yeah" in a very uncaring fashion. even when he then spots shadow and says "you.. you destroyed my squad!" its entirely unconvincing to me that he said it out of sorrow or sadness; to me it was more like simple anger that it happened. because now without his little group of followers that looked up to him and did whatever he told them to, he had nobody to feel superior to. he couldnt go on any more power trips by being The Boss bc there was nobody left to indulge him, no one to stoke his ego, nobody to be the boss of. so thats why he felt slighted by shadow in the first place; how dare this hedgehog take away what made him feel special and important. and then of course the ensuing humiliation that came afterward was just the icing on the shit cake haha

it also explains why infinite never brings up his squad in any of his monologues (besides the prequel comics and episode shadow being obvious afterthoughts to the main game loool); he just doesnt care. if anything, their loss was his gain bc it pushed him towards acquiring the phantom ruby and getting to go on the ultimate power trip of world domination and near total subjugation of the population. i think that also ties into his mindset that friends make you weak and you cant rely on anyone but yourself; in his case, thats literally true. if he hadnt lost his squad, if he had initially listened to them, the chain of events we know well would not have come to pass and he would not have gotten to become the powerhouse he did. he would have still been leading his monotonous life and following the same old script. from his perspective they really did hold him back, and only once they were gone was he able to become stronger. he reiterates this by thanking shadow in the dlc for doing what he did in mystic jungle (killing the jackal squad and kicking infinites ass) bc otherwise he wouldnt have gotten the incentive he needed to take on the mantle of becoming a super powered weapon

and if you want some more evidence thats admittedly a lot more of a stretch, you could also interpret infinite creating a posse of past sonic foes as him filling the void of using the jackal squad that was created after shadow had taken them down. he gets to control people again (even if theyre clones that had no choice but to obey him but nyeh i told you it was a stretch), he gets to be a leader again

idk, i just think that having a sob story as a main motivation is (funny joke here) weak. i have never once thought that infinite needs to have some kind of sympathetic or tragic backstory. and maybe thats just my own personal bias coming through bc i prefer villains that are evil for reasons like their moral philosophies or have some kind of goal that makes the audience go "maybe they do have a point tbh" and villains that are just evil for the sake of it over villains that say "my mom died" as if that is any kind of justifiable explanation. imo it almost always comes off as them making an excuse, and its lame. just own it, yknow?

so yeah if i could block one thing from the minds of infinite fans it would be the hc that infinite was tightly knit with the jackals and wanted what was best for them. bc with all the evidence ive seen, its not supported at all, and hes actually the exact opposite; he does what he wants and uses who he wants for his own purposes and gain

also yes i do think shadow straight up killed the other jackals and i do think thats in character for him but thats a conversation for another day

#he said ask #bitter-sweet-coffee #engie.txt #infinite the jackal #sonic forces #sth #jackal squad #as with every opinion i have #remember that this is just that. an opinion #idc what anyone else does #if you want infinite to sob over losing his besties then fine #but dont act like its the most reasonable and backed up interpretation of canon #bc the evidence simply isnt there #im more than happy to enjoy canon all by myself #sitting alone in my i-love-respecting-canon corner

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What are your thoughts on Infidget (the ship of Infinite and Gadget the Wolf)?

i think its fine? i dont inherently dislike it or anything, and i dont mind seeing it from time to time. the only thing that i dont like is like, a lot of the shipping community's interpretations of it. and by that i mean the people that twinkify and feminize gadget into being a little wooby baby that cant do anything without his big strong man and infinite is just the stereotypical scary-on-the-outside soft-on-the-inside masc/male/im a man/im he him boyfriend. either that or gadget is fine and its just infinite who is extremely out of character. i had a lot of "he would not fucking say that" moments with infinite when infidget was at its most popular bc these kinds of depictions were everywhere and it was really annoying

the only version of infidget ive ever shipped was a lovers to friends to enemies to... somethings type deal where they dont go back to how they used to be by the end but its not vitriolic, they just outgrew each other in their own ways during the events of forces. that or their relationship cant get mended at all and theres no closure bc infinite dies or whatever like he did in canon. and i know this is the best version of infidget bc i made it up, thanks

i actually shipped it before forces even came out bc i thought that that was sort of the route that sonic team was going to take with tying the avatar into the story. it made sense to me for the avatar (or in this case gadget) to have some sort of previous history or connection with infinite bc in my onion, that makes their dynamic a little spicier and more compelling. in my version, gadget and infinite (then zero) used to be very close until zero started getting more involved with a local gang, the jackal squad, which began to drive a wedge between them until they got more and more distant from each other. and then some more time passes and gadget hasnt heard from zero for a long time and then the events of forces start. i think part of the idea was from this dialogue that we got to hear when footage of infinites second battle came out before the game itself:

(image text reads as infinite saying "and those eyes.. i feel like we've met before.")

-which implied that the avatar and infinite had history. which was technically true, but it was within the timeline of the game bc it turned out he was referring to like. the flashback cutscene of the avatar being too scared to fight back the first time they ran into infinite before joining the resistance, so it wasnt what i was hoping for

another reason iirc was uhhhh whatshisface? sega scourge on youtube? they made a theory video about infinite getting his mind wiped by the ruby or something and that added fuel to the fire. its a really cool concept and while i dont think that the avatar wanting to avenge those they lost is necessarily bad, i feel like its just kind of meh for the kind of story forces was trying to tell, what with the friendship-is-cool themes and whatnot. so i thought the avatar/gadgets arc was going to be we get to find out how they and infinite (or at least just the former lol) know each other, and how infinite became infinite in the first place, and gadget wanted to both help put a stop to everything but also get his friend back through, you guessed it, the power of friendship. hooray! i read a really good fic that was like that called til we touch the sun on a03 (that fic still makes me go insane thinking about it) that went with a sidestory for gadget that was quite similar to what i just described

plus the idea of infinite and gadget having shared a past but only one of them remembers it and now has to deal with a monster that looks like who they used to be but is no longer the same in every other regard due to them going dark side (willingly or unwillingly) is super angsty. and i like my ships raw and some degree of brutal for the soul. it keeps me young

but yeah im overall neutral. tl;dr: infidget is a fine ship, i just wish it had more canon-supported flavour and i wish the majority of shippers would stop writing infinite so poorly to make him fit properly into their milquetoast domestic fluff romances, but whatever. we all get enjoyment out of different things, even if theyre wrong :3 (for safety reasons i have to disclose that the previous statement was a joke)

#he said ask #thats my new ask tag. nickisnotgreeners understand the reference #fortywholecakes #engie.txt #infidget #sonic forces #gadget the wolf #infinite the jackal #sth #and i just have to reiterate that i dont think that anyone who does twinkify gadget or any other chars for ships are bad people #i just think its really boring and heteronormative to make a male char excessively feminine just for the sake of a ship #like do we have to talk about how assigning hetero-relationship roles onto queer couples is weird and stupid #or can we not bc i thought that got left in 2015 #i should also add that i have not been in the infidget tag in years so idk what people are up to nowadays #hopefully more progressive than 2018 lol

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i think calling sexual assault allegations "drama" is not a good thing to do actually

#engie.txt #idc how much you like a content creator or whatever tf #have some goddamn decency and sensitivity to the situation #like seriously. you people are so weird

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this is so funny to me. i really got sent to jail with this one

#engie.txt #well time to think about this for the next four hours and laugh to myself intermittently #never would have thought i would be risque enough for this to haooen yet here we are #i take it as a badge of honour. thanks tumblr youre letting me know im on the right track

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why does eggmen build platforms and rails and put speed panels everywhere meant specifically for sonic to use if he doesnt want sonic to come ruin his plans. is he stupid?

#engie.txt #ik the meta answer is bc game design #and the in universe explanation could be that eggman always wants to see sonic try #but i just thought of this bc i keep thinking abt those stupid arkham knights reddit posts #and i had to make a joke #bc those posts live in my brain and make me die laughing every time i think about them

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infifi post limit on my dash <3

#idk i think its funny. i always look forward to seeing it during my nightly scroll #like a blanket tucking my dash into bed #engie.txt

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i love talking on tumblr dot com

#engie.txt #saw a twitter user complain abt how dumb it is for ppl to be putting their captions in the tags... #my brother in christ thats the best part abt posting here #i love the feeling of mumbling to myself in the tags purely for my own sake #i think its so fun #also gotta love how there is absolutely no expectation of interaction on here #on twt i have over a thousand followers and while thats cool its sometimes still overwhelming to me #meanwhile tumblr doesnt even show follower counts and i have to go out of my way to even see mine #tumblr may have problems but at least qrt dunking on little guys isnt one of them #its like writing p.s or p.s.s on little notes youre passing back and forth with to ur friend in class #twitter could never

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i love you oc artists who give their ocs 16 billion accessories i love you oc artists who add lots of detailed patterns i love you oc artists that use bold colours together i love you oc artists who give their chars complex designer outfits with 7 different components to the pants alone i love you oc artists who put everything they like onto one oc regardless of how coherent it turns out i love you oc artists

#engie.txt #and im going to specify i mean this entirely unironically #you people are so brave and ambitious and i both respect and envy you for it #im forever restrained by my desire to design simple chara that can be easily redrawn a billion times and/or animated easily #simple chars even #me: man i feel like adding a stripe to this shirt is going to clutter the design too much #meanwhile based oc artists have chars that wear like 2 jackets layered over three weird multi patterned shirts with bracelets and patches #i want to be free like that... #but i only like drawing details on pre-established designs #i cant come up with shit on my own #which is why i have comms specifically for char design #cuz i think its fun but i want to get better at it

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I love your fleetfinite art. As a Sonfinite shipper I approve

it is sonfinite in a way, isnt it? haha but im glad you like it! rarepair validation is fun to get especially when its for a pair ive been shipping for literal years LOL i had like 1 friend to talk to abt it with that whole time. but now its popping off (i have gotten two people to make content for) which is a blessing but hopefully not a curse 🫡

#he said ask #blueseraph88 #fleetfinite #theyre so fucked up and evil fr <3 #and they need to be like that for it to work #hopefully it doesnt gain too much popularity bc i would hate to see them get woobified #if that ever happens just know ill be there to draw awful and freaky shit to repair the vibe #engie.txt

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will i ever stop being startled by seeing my own art while im scrolling through my feeds? unlikely

#engie.txt #am i just dumb??? like why do i get jumpscared every time 😭😭 #im always minding my own business and then im like yo wtf that looks like something i drew #and then itll click and im like oh yeah ofc it looks like something i drew. bc thats what i drew. i did that #i really hope other ppl experience this bc otherwise im just a freak im just a weirdo 😔 #and this isnt even just a tumblr thing either. ive been on twt for years and i still have this happen lmfao #well i should say ive been posting on twt for years #i have also been here since like 2015 but i usually lurked. this is the first time im actually being consistent in activity haha

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(i will make a nicer pinned post later but this is all u get for now)

hola, soy engie, aka engie. i use he/they pronouns. im a digital artist, avid reader, writer (rarely), and influencer, as in i influence my friends into liking the things i like by never shutting up about them. and you'll be able to find out the things i like very easily, again, bc i don't shut up

some possibly (definitely) important links here:

including stuff like

my kofi! you'll find an easy way of getting a single-char sketch commission from me without having to actually talk to me if im too scary for you (no judgement), and packs of colouring pages of my daily infinite drawings. currently only 1 pack is available but pack 2 is coming soon (theres going to be 5 in total). also simple donations of 5 bucks are always appreciated as i have a child (dog) to support and im the most unemployed person on planet earth

my commision info doc! if you're interested in getting a commission from me, check this thang out for all the details. it has answers to any question you could have abt my prices, terms, what i can do, turnaround times, etc. it's all there baby

my discord server! it's not much but it's honest work. really just a place to hang out and occasionally infinite-post. we do a little trolling and arting and being friends-ing

my art tag is simply "#my art" and my im-talking-now tag is "#engie.txt". yknow, for reference

okay love you byeee xoxo

#i said ill make a better pinned later but emmm i dont think i will tee hee

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by popular demand here are my unreleased now released tf2 weed and related memes

#engie.txt #edit.png #tf2 #medic tf2 #demoman tf2 #demo tf2 #tavish degroot #spy tf2 #scout tf2 #pyro tf2 #sniper tf2 #long post #drugs #alcohol #heavymedic #<- for bl #weed

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#edit.png #engie.txt #forgot to post this yesterday #tf2 #spy tf2 #sniper tf2 #scout tf2 #smoking

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#engie.txt #edit.png #tf2